Tag Archives: mystery
Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993)
“I can’t listen to too much Wagner. It makes me want to conquer Poland.” Manhattan Murder Mystery, a 1993 film from Woody Allen, is one of the titles I tend to forget when I recall this director’s impressive list of films. … Continue reading
Filed under Woody Allen
Thursday the 12th (2000)
Thursday the 12th is a made-for-British television drama that examines the same story through the eyes of four main characters: Marius Bannister (Ciaran Hinds), an affluent dentist and up-and-coming politician Nina Bannister (Maria Doyle Kennedy), his unhappy wife Candice Hopper … Continue reading
Filed under British, British television
A Mind To Murder (1995)
“Your personal feelings are irrelevant.” Scotland Yard Commander Adam Dalgliesh (Roy Marsden) is ordered to investigate the murder of an employee which occurs at the prestigious Steen Clinic. The clinic caters to the wealthy and the privileged, and houses both … Continue reading
Filed under British television
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman Set 1 (1982)
For British mystery fans When private detective Pryde commits suicide, he leaves his business to protege, Cordelia Gray. Cordelia (Helen Baxendale) struggles to maintain the business and solve the cases brought to her. An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (set … Continue reading
Filed under British television
Original Sin (P.D James–Adam Dagleish Mystery) 1997
“Do you believe a building can be infused with evil?” Original Sin is a made-for-television Inspector Dalgliesh mystery based on a P.D. James novel. The mystery begins with a suicide that occurs at Peverell Press, a respectable London based publishing … Continue reading
Filed under British television
The Blackheath Poisonings (1992)
Victorian mystery The 3 hour-long BBC television production The Blackheath Poisonings is a period piece set in Victorian England. It concerns the Collard and Vandervent families–joined by marriage and a toy manufacturing business. The extended families all live together in … Continue reading
Filed under British television
Malice Aforethought (2005)
“I miss your healing hands.” There is a point in all unhappy marriages when a certain pleasure is derived from making one’s spouse miserable. Dr. and Mrs. Bickleigh have reached that point. Set in the picturesque coastal British village of … Continue reading
Filed under British television, Crime
Summer’s Lease (1989)
“We hear you’re going bush in Tuscany.” In Summer’s Lease, Molly Pargeter (Susan Fleetwood) responds to an advertisement for a villa for rent in Tuscany. The advert stresses that the villa is ideal for a family with three girls–and since … Continue reading
Filed under British television
